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J o d o M i s s i o n o f H a w a i i
1 4 2 9 M a k i k i S t r e e t
H o n o l u l u H I 9 6 8 1 4

A d d r e s s S e r v i c e R e q u e s t e d
J o d o M i s s i o n o f H a w a i i
B u l l e t i n - J U N E 2 0 1 4

JODO MISSION OF HAWAII
Volunteer Office Worker Needed
Fridays: June 6, 13, 20, 27 and July 8
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Duties include: answering the telephone, receiving reservations for memorial ser-
vices, taking messages, collecting payments, answering the Nokotsudo or Colum-
barium buzzer to let someone in to visit the Nokotsudo. It is quite interesting. You
get to meet all kinds of people and at the same time, you will learn a lot about Jodo
Mission and Jodo Shu.
In preparation for the O-Bon season, the O-Tobas need to be written and the
minister needs to concentrate on the O-Toba he is working on so having
someone answer the telephone while the minister is writing an O-Toba
or doing a memorial service or getting ready for a funeral
would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested, please
contact
Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995.
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O-Bon Service Schedule
O-Bon Services will be held as follows:
Friday, July 25 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00pm
Saturday, July 26 10:00 am (Hatsubon Families Only)
2:00 pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, July 27 10:00 am

Sign up for O-Bon Service will begin 1 hour before 2
pm and 7 pm services. This is on a first come first serve
basis. NO phone orders will be taken.
Closing Service will be on Sunday, July 27 at 10:00am. After Closing Service,
cleanup will begin.
Parking Attendants Needed: We are in need of at least 6 parking attendants for
each 2 pm and 7 pm services. Please call Jodo Mission at 949-3995 if you are able
to help direct cars to parking spaces. We appreciate your help.
Private O-Toba Service Appointments: If you wish to have prayers offered in
front of your O-Toba, appointments are being accepted from 8:00 am to 6:45 pm
from Tuesday, July 15 to 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2014.
Arigato
Arigato for your many orders of O-Tobas. We are happy that you
remembered your deceased family members and we will do our best
to see that your O-Tobas are prepared at your request. After July 13
when the O-Tobas are set up, please remember to also visit your
O-Tobas.
June 30: DEADLINE: Chutoba & Chochin Orders
July 13: O-Toba Set Up & General Cleaning -
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
July 25-27: O-Bon Services
Aug.15-16: Bon Dance
Important Dates














Introduction of Sho-ryo Dana in O-Bon
Butsudan
1) Incense: Purify the area of Sho-
ryo Dana with the smoke of
incense
2) Flower: Flower is a symbol of
purity. There are numerous
flowers in the Pure Land.
3) Water: Water is a symbol of
offering. The offered water is
called AKA that is translated
from a Sanskrit word Argha,
the most valuable thing.
4) Candle: A candle light is show-
ing us the light of wisdom and
compassion of Amida Buddha.
5), 6) Cucumber and Eggplant
with sticks: With a Cucumber,
make a horse (using sticks) for
your ancestors to return home
early. Make a Cow with an Egg
plant (using sticks) for them to
return to the Pure Land slowly.
7) Mizu-noko: The fresh cut egg-
plant and cucumber with washed
rice. Offering food in prayer to
help everyone from hunger in any
realms. (Optional)
8) Some rice in a bowl of Water
and a leaf of Lythrum ancepts:
This expands food limitlessly.
(Optional)
9) Nishime without meat: A tradi-
tional Japanese food used as mon-
asterial food called Sho-jin
Ryo-ri.
10) Somen noodle: Somen noodle is
a symbolic food for longevity.
11) Fruits and vegetables: Offer
gifts of nature to Buddha and
ancestors.
12) Mochi or any favorite food: Offer gifts of nature
to Buddha and ancestors.
13) Bamboo grass: Protection to keep away the bad
spirits from the Sho-ryo Dana.
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Getting Ready for O-Bon: Most people offer flowers, fruits and veg-
etables, candies and drinks. Each O-Toba has about a 6 inch by 6 inch
space for you to work with; otherwise you are into someone elses space. The
photo at left shows someone with flowers and fruits and as
you can see there is not a lot of space. Last year, Marie
Otani had graciously shared some of her familys customs and we would
like to repeat some of them:
While the O-Tobas are up during the O-Bon season, it is important and
customary to attend to the O-Tobas, similar to caring for gravesites or niches. Over the many
O-Bon seasons that our family has observed at Jodo Mission, we have developed our style of
caring for our O-Toba. We typically attend to those tasks as soon as the O-Toba is set up,
usually on the Sunday before the start of the O-Bon services.
Flowers are placed at the base of the O-Toba. The temple sets up a basin and makes
available empty glass jars near the fence facing the freeway. But during the year, our family
sets aside suitable jars and we use those instead, leaving the available jars for others. To keep
them from tipping over with our trade winds, we tie the jars loosely to the base of the O-Toba.
To help the flowers stay fresher longer, we cut the flower stems under water.
Food for the ancestors is placed on the shelf in front of the O-Toba. We typically get
oranges since they last longer and are resistant to the weather. To prevent the orange from
rolling on the shelf, we put the orange in a paper bowl. To allow rain water to drain, we poke
holes in the base of the bowl. Then we attach the bowl to the shelf with a little tape, being
careful not to block the drain holes. Blue painters tape leaves little or no residue.
THANK YOU Marie for sharing. Please note that everyone is welcome to use the
empty bottles provided near the water basin usually located near the fence facing the free-
way as Marie mentioned above.
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Mothers Day Photos
Three happy Sunday School mothers:
Hitomi Paraso, Makoh Nii, Yukari
Narashiba!
Photo of oldest mother (Yoshiko
Kitakawa) and oldest Sunday
School student(AMarie Paraso)
The Intermediate
YBA treated every-
one with a delicious
lunch. THANK
YOU Sunday
School, Intermedi-
ate YBA, Sunday
School coordinator
Kay Oshiro and
Sunday School ad-
visor Rev. Nakano.
Sunday School honored their mothers and
all women who attended with red carnations.
OBON CHUTOBA ORDER FORM
Obon Services will be held Friday, July 25
th
to Sunday, July 27
th
, at Jodo Mission of Hawaii
DEADLINE: June 30, 2014

YOUR NAME___________________________________________PHONE________________

NAME OF DECEASED

1._________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________

4._________________________________________________________





One Chutoba is $ 7.00 Total of Chutoba Total
1 7
On which day are you coming?

Please circle date and time.

Fri, July 25 2 pm or 7 pm
Sat, July 26 2 pm or 7 pm
Sun, July 27 10 am
Or
Cannot attend the service
ORDER FORM FOR CHOCHIN LANTERN
DEADLINE: June 30, 2014


YOUR NAME _____________________________________PHONE : () _________________

NAME OF DECEASED

1.____________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________


LARGE()10.00 + SMALL()7.00 = TOTAL______________
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2014 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2014 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
( Cut )
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by : _______________ Date accepted : _______/______/ 2014 ( In person / Mail / By phone )

Received by : _______________ Date paid : _______/______/ 2014 (Cash / Check # __________ ) Write_______
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Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday: 8am5pm
Sunday & Holidays: 8am3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us

Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
Rev. Dwight
Nakamura
Retired Minister
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2014 BON DANCE SCHEDULE
OF JODO SHU TEMPLES
Island Temple Phone No. Dates Times
Oahu
Betsuin 949-3995
Aug 15 to 16 6:30 pm 9:30 pm
Haleiwa 637-4382
July 18 to 19
7/18: 8 pm 10 pm
7/19: 8 pm 11 pm
Big Island
[Hawaii]
Kurtistown

Call Rev. Miyazaki
(808) 935-6996
August 2 8:00 pm
Hilo
July 18 to 19
7/18: 7:30 pm
7/19: 8:00 pm
Hakalau
August 16 8:00 pm
Hamakua

Call Rev. Wansa
(808) 775-0965
August 9
6:30 pm
Kohala
July 12
6:30 pm
Hawi
August 2
6:30 pm
Maui
Kahului
Call Rev. John Hara
(808) 244-0066
August 9
7:00 pm
Wailuku
June 20
7:00 pm
Lahaina
(808) 661-4304
July 5
7:00 pm
Kapaa
(808) 822-4319
June 6 to 7
7:30 pm Kauai
Koloa
(808) 742-6735
July 18 to 19
7:30 pm
Bishop Gensho Hara
Lahaina, Maui
Fathers Day
June 15th is Fathers Day
We always remember our Mothers,
but do we always remember our
Fathers?
Please come to our Fathers Day
Service and honor your father by
your presence on June 15th at 10 a.m.
Stuart Nago will play a song on his ukulele
or guitar
1 Tatsuo Nonaka

2 Takayo Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Yasuichi Nakai
The Nakai Family
Kikue Tejima
The Tejima Family
Yasu Kawamura
Fujio Fujita

4 Rui Yasumoto
Shizutaro Kimura
Fujiko Teruya
Katsu Yokoyama
Susan Teruko Lubick
Rose Kikue Hata

5 Kamematsu Kano
The Kano & Watanabe
Families
Shuichi Arakawa
Yoshikazu Ebisuzaki
Tamon Yamaguchi
Japanese Marines

6 Chujiro Nishimura
The Nishimura Family
Matsu Wakagi
The Wakagi Family
Tomo Daitoku (2)
The Daitoku, Fujimoto,
& Kawauchi Families
Shinichi Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Miyoshi Takara

7 Ayako Morikawa
The Morikawa Family
Taki Asai
Kichi Kunihisa
Shina Kotake

8 Soichi Hirano
The Hirano & Kaneko
Families
The Hirota Family
Saku Yokoyama

9 Sueko Tanimura
The Tanimura Family
Kenzaburo Ishii
The Ishii Family
Emi Kawamoto

10 Hosuke Miyagawa
The Miyagawa Family
Ariki Fujimoto
Hisako Mitani
Mieko Ono
Bertha Takako Homareda

12 Bunjiro Umemoto
The Umemoto Family
Mitsuyoshi Okamura
The Okamura Family

13 Charlse Harumi
Takabayashi (2)
Jeane Sachiko Ebisuzaki

14 Masuzo Konaka
The Konaka, Yano,
& Hayashi Families
Kiichi Morisako
Katsuko Sakakibara
Shigeki Narahara

15 Yoshio Morita
The Morita Family
Kikutaro Higashide
The Higashide
& Fuyukawa Families
Albert Akira Sakuda

16 Onichi Chinen
The Chinen Family
Chiyo Heirakuji
Harry Noboru Matsumoto
Iwao Oki

17 Natsu Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Senjiro Ogawa
Ichiro Nakatsuka
The Hirotsu Family
Helen Miyoko Oda
Hachijiro Homareda

18 Bunkichi Kamimura
Tama Morita
The Morita Family
Chiyo Mori
Hatsuyo Yoshikawa
Kame Uyehara
The Uyehara family
Kay Kimiko Yamamoto
Janice Yoshiko Kitashiro

19 Kiyomatsu Ueno
The Ueno Family
Shinei Kanehira
The Kanehira Family
Mitsuru Ogi
Kenichi Naito
Sam Saburo Taniguchi
Kikuyo Morioka
Miyoshi Akashi

20 Hisataro Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Naoji Yokoyama
Moushi Kobashigawa
Kame Uyehara
Ichitaro Matsuda
Hisakichi Yamamoto
Wade Kenji Sakai

21 Sumi Takeda
The Takeda Family
Komanoshin Masatsugu
Teruo Masatsugu
Ayako Tasaka
Suzuko Shigehara
Yoshito Charles Oshita

22 Isuke Iwasaki
Murakami's Baby
Kazumi Mizuta
Yoshimi Maruuchi
Edward Isamu Kimoto
Moshi Takara
Takaras Baby

23 Isamu Yonemoto
The Yonemoto Family
Yoshio Higa
The Higa Family
Yoshiko Hamasaki
Jonosuke Arakawa
Kosuke Takara
Kihachi Kishimoto

24 Yoshito Ebisuya
The Ebisuya Family
The Fujii Family
Tokiko Karakake

25 Hana Mitsutani
The Mitsutani Family
Nobuyuki Nishida
Yukio Hirata
Akio Nathon Tagami

26 Fuji Yano
The Yano, Konaka,
& Hayashi Families
Daizo Kawamura
The Kawamura Family
Mokunosuke Taniguchi
Isamu Nakano
Keigo Soma
Claris Sadako Yamamoto

27 Ron Kiyoshi Amasaki
Akira Shimoda

28 Shintaro Masuda
The Masuda & Asamura
Families
Ryoshichi Himuro
The Himuro Family
Kiyoichi Oshiro

29 Kumanosuke Morikawa
The Morikawa Family
Sadamu Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Kinuyo Karimoto
Ziu Takaoka
Kiichi Takaoka
Shizuko Heirakuji
Grace Kawafuchi

30 Hana Ishizaki
Tsurue Nagaishi
The Nakauye Family
John Yoshito Nakauye
Koei Takara
Gerald Kenji Sato
EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for June
Obituaries
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii
extends its sincere condo-
lences to the family mem-
bers and loved ones of the
following members who have
recently left this world for
the Pure Land.
Thomas Hiroaki Furuike 83
Herbert Kazumi Doi 90
Fusaye Mizuta 99
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